The editors for Square Enix‘s Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine announced on Wednesday that manga artist Yōko Umezu had died on July 7 due to cerebral infarction (ischemic stroke). The magazine’s editors stated that a private funeral was held, attended only by close relatives.

The editors also announced that Vermeil in Gold (Kinsō no Vermeil: Gakeppuchi Majutsushi wa Saikyō no Yakusai to Mahō Sekai o Tsukisusumu), Kōta Amana and Umezu’s manga that serialized in Monthly Shonen Gangan, has ended with the chapter that ran in the magazine’s July issue on June 12. The editorial staff added that they will announce details regarding the publication of the series’ uncollected chapters at a later date. 

Amana and Umezu launched the manga in Monthly Shonen Gangan in August 2018. Square Enix published the manga’s 11th compiled book volume on June 11. Square Enix‘s Manga UP! Global service and Comikey both publish the manga in English digitally. 

The manga’s television anime adaptation premiered in July 2022. HIDIVE streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and also streamed an English dub.

Umezu also drew the Minidura spinoff manga of Ryohgo Narita‘s Durarara!! light novel series, which ran in Kadokawa‘s Dengeki Maoh magazine from 2013 to 2015. 

Sources: Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine’s X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie

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The official X/Twitter account for the original television anime project Inherit the Winds (Kaze wo Tsugumono) announced on Wednesday that Takeo Ōtsuka will play Yamanaka Keisuke (historical Japanese characters’ names are rendered family name first here):

The anime takes place in the Bakumatsu era in Kyoto. A solider who has lost his memories is aided by the famous Shinsengumi member Okita Sōji. Okita Sōji names this man “Tachikawa Jinsuke.” Jinsuke’s life begins anew amidst the Mibu soldiers.

The anime will star (historical Japanese characters’ names are rendered family name first):

Yutaka Narui and Aniplex are in charge of the original story with cooperation by Azuki Mashiba. Tomohiro Kawamura is directing the anime at Live2D Creative Studio and Drive Inc. Narui is also writing the scripts. Fumi Ebina is the character designer, and Shigeru Kishida is composing the music.

The anime will premiere in January 2027 on the “Agaru Anime” programming block on CBC, TBS, and 26 other affiliated networks. There will be an early theatrical preview screening in 2026.

The anime’s four-panel manga adaptation launches on Star Seas Company‘s Twi4 (read as Tsuiyon) X (formerly Twitter) account in 2026. Matsuri Muramatsu draws the manga.

Narui is a playwright and founder of the theatrical troupe Caramel Box who has previously worked on many stage plays themed on the Shinsengumi. While one of the plays was also titled Kaze wo Tsugumono, the way the title is written is different (with “mono” being written in kanji for the play and in hiragana for the anime), and the anime is still listed as being an “original” TV anime.

Source: Inherit the Winds anime’s X/Twitter account via Ota-Suke